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By MARK FOWLER Amuwmeoti StaffSpending Saturday night at theColiseum certainly clarified theterm 'heavy metal” rock. Brash, pounding, and especially loud rock with a touch of evil and mayhem was what Black Sabbath used for their bombardment.Ust year’s Black Sabbath concert was a tightly structuredshow with the group merelyreproducing their songs in a cutand dried fashion. Saturday's show relied more upon improvisation and looser versions of both their old and new materials. The newer examples were Dirty Women and Gypsy which lead guitarist Tony Iommi utilized asbases to demonstrate his technique of fast fingered playing. Their notorious peace sign was used, and reused, until it becameabused, unfortunately.The deep bass line oftenneedlessly vibrated and shook both the chairs and the occupants.The effect was only appropriateduring Iron Man.” The idea of ananimated statue who carries outmurderous justice by stompinghis victims certainly needed thethump-thump treatment it received.The majority of the songs dealtwith the harsher aspects of realitysuch as drug abuse and war.Sermonizing against hard drugs, Snowbiind gave a graphic account of a junkie. Believing thatthe end of mankind will come witha bang and not a whimper, War pigs” and Electric Funeral” detailed the last grisly rites ofMan. No silly love songs from this group.like some great engine, theband chugged onward. The chugging at times was all thatcould be heard when drums, bass,lead guitar and vocals were going simultaneously. The only fairjudgment of this group can comefrom their records and not the concert’s wall of noise.The opening group, Boston, fell victim to the same problem oftrying to be too heavy and oftensacrificed the melodies. Lead and rhythm guitarist Tom Scholz designed his own sound with the knowledge he gained as an electrical engineer. His sound wasonly evident during the softer More Than a Feeling” and Peace of Mind” when he joined the hard rock guitar riffs with pop melodies.Black Sabbath was heavy enough to crush both the ears andthe mind. Less weight in the volume and bass would have yielded a clearer sound and fewer headaches afterwards.University of HoustonINTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL
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Houston Daily Cougar
Houston, Texas, US
Wed, Oct 27, 1976
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